Adams Trail-A-Bike Recalled

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Norco Products Ltd, announced voluntary recalls of the Adams Trail-a-Bike or Adams Slipstream Bicycle Attachment. The Starter, Folder, Shifter, Shocker, Ultimate Tandem, Deluxe Folder, Me 2

Shoe Carnival December Comps Up 1.1%

Shoe Carnival reported sales for the five-week period ended January 1, 2005 increased 6.4% to $64.3 million from sales of $60.5 million for the five-week period ended January 3, 2004. Comparable store sales increased 1.1% for the five-week period…

Shoe Pavilion Q4 Comps Jump 14.7%

Shoe Pavilion net sales increased 11.5% to $24.8 million for the thirteen-week fourth quarter ended January 1, 2005, compared to net sales of $22.2 million for the fourteen week fourth quarter ended January 3, 2004. Last year's reported net sales inc

December Comps Climb 1.2% at Stage Stores

Stage Stores reported that total sales for the five-week period ended Jan. 1, 2005 increased 4.7% to $221.5 million from $211.5 million in the prior year five-week period ended Jan. 3, 2004. Comparable store sales increased 3.1% versus an increase of 1.2%

Wal-Mart Comps Climb 3.0% in December

Wal-Mart Stores reported net sales for the five-week period in December increased 13.4% to $38.4 billion compared to $33.9 billion last year. Same store Sales increased 3.0%…

Gottschalks December Comps Flat; Total Sales Fall 0.5%

Gottschalks same store sales for the month of December 2004 were even with the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased 0.5% to $125.2 million from $125.8 million in December 2003. For the month the Company operated one less store than the same per

Shopko Comps Fall 5.3% in December

ShopKo Stores reported consolidated sales for the five weeks ended January 1, 2005 decreased 5.5% to $440.7 million from $466.5 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales decreased 5.3%. Although December sales were belo

Bon-Ton December Comps Climb 6.6%: Beerman Falls 2.2%

The Bon-Ton Stores announced Bon-Ton comparable store sales increased 6.6%. Total sales for the five weeks ended January 1, 2005 increased 1.9% to $257.8 million compared to $253.1 million for the same period last year.
Year-to-date Bon-Ton comparable st

Dillard’s December Comps Inch-up 1.0%

Dillard's sales for the five weeks ended January 1, 2005 were $1,255,851,000 compared to sales for the five weeks ended January 3, 2004 of $1,246,154,000. Sales increased 1% for the five-week period on both a total and comparable store basis…

TJX December Comps Climb 6%

The TJX Companies reported sales for the five-week period ended January 1, 2005, were $2.1 billion, up 15% over $1.8 billion achieved during the five-week period ended January 3, 2004. For the 48 weeks ended January 1, 2005, sales reached $14.1 billion, a

December Comps Climb 2.3% at Federated

Federated Department Stores reported total sales of $2.834 billion for the five weeks ended January 1, 2005, an increase of 1.9 percent over total sales of $2.781 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's December sales

Target Comps Jump 5.1% in December

Target Corporation net retail sales from continuing operations for the five weeks ended January 1, 2005 increased 11.3% to $7.548 billion from $6.781 billion for the five-week period ended January 3, 2004. On this same basis, comparable-store sales increa

December Comps Fall 3.0% at Payless

Payless ShoeSource reported that same-store sales decreased 3.0% during the December reporting period, the five weeks ended January 1, 2005. Company sales totaled $284.2 million, a 5.8% decrease from $301.8 million during fiscal December of last year.

Saks December Comps Climb 6.0%

Saks Incorporated announced that for the five weeks ended January 1, 2005 compared to the five weeks ended January 3, 2004, total sales increased 7.1% and comparable store sales increased 6.0% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales i